Jim Riggs AK RIDGE RUNNER
N1549M is a Jim Riggs AK RIDGE RUNNER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2019 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 14, 2015.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Jim Riggs
- Model
- AK RIDGE RUNNER
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor O-200A · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A0DCAA (octal 50156252)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 3, 2019
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · August 14, 2015
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 01179170
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Riggs James C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 7067 S Hangar Talk Cir
Wasilla, AK 99623-0314
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N1549M, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Riggs James C, an individual, certificate issued January 3, 2019, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N1549M was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson L-5E (serial 4418072, cancelled July 11, 1980). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N1549M: Accident on April 23, 2016 at Wasilla, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Jim Riggs AK RIDGE RUNNER · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data